Shadow and Act (A cinema of the African Diaspora): Raising funds: Disadvantaged Black students at Yale visit Cuba in documentary "Black and Cuba"

Wednesday, 18 February 2015 16:21
Vanessa Martinez | Shadow and Act

Raising funds via Indiegogo, the documentary "Black and Cuba," directed by Robin J. Hayes, professor at The New School, follows a group of disadvantaged African American students at the prestigious Ya...

Approach to discussing race

Wednesday, 18 February 2015 16:13
Rebecca Hanser

UNITED NATIONS, Dec 18 2012 (IPS) - Robin J. Hayes has always been one to break boundaries. Most recently, she is doing so with her latest documentary film, "Black and Cuba", which explores how Africa...

In new film, Yale students of color seek revolution in Cuba

Students of color at elite universities are fed up with on-campus racism and lately they're taking their defiance beyond the ivory tower. Before this month's "
I, Too, Am Harvard
" went viral there was ...